Aegis spun the batons in both her hands, having the belt which contained the grenades over her regular dark brown belt. She had the batons lined up wit her hand and didn't bother with the anti-tank rifle. Without any gun training, it made it would have just held her back with her limited fighting abilities. So without much to work off she hoped she would be able to get by. Taking a defensive stance with her arms somewhat covering her body and upper chest, she waited for her opponent to make a move.

Being told Semblance usage was banned didn't please Tieren. Sure, it may have been to level the playing field, but they were extensions of people's fighting styles. That being said, he really needed his own to supplement the weapons he was given, which was a bolt-action rifle and a pair of daggers. The daggers were fine, but he was more likely to bash his foe with the rifle than actually shoot them.

Anyway, seeing as his opponent looked to be ready, he fumbled with the loading mechanism, slotting in a Gravity pellet, before taking unsteady aim and firing in the general vicinity of Aegis. Damn, his aim was bad. He knew there was a reason why he stuck to melee weapons. Swapping to his daggers, he held them out in front and started walking toward Aegis.

Aegis watched the pellet fly past her, but being on the safe side and not activating her semblance meant that she also moved to the side a bit. This was slightly frustrating to her as her semblance was a staple for blocking firearms, however, that shot had told her that Tieren didn't use guns. Admittedly she was wanted her opponent to come to her. Hoping that it wouldn't be the other way around.

Seeing the bullet fly wide as predicted, Tieren was so almost tempted to throw caution to the wind and charge in, but he recognised that Aegis had opted not to bring the anti-tank rifle. Thank Dust for that. Anyway, he held the range advantage, even if he was as useless as a Grimm with a scroll at it. Besides, he didn't fancy getting shocked. So, he fumbled in another Ice Dust pellet and fired, once again in the general vicinity.

Aegis moved more to the side to let the bullet that was already go wide, go wider. At this point Aegis placed her hands on her hips and just gave a small sigh, whilst giving a small shake of her head. Taking a look at her opponent and raising a single eyebrow at him.

Semblance or no Semblance, Tieren was getting rather ticked off at his opponent doing nothing but dodge. As much as he would have loved to just shoot until he got the hang of this glittering piece of rather annoying equipment, he was embarrassing himself here.

Seeing Aegis taunt him was the last straw. Grabbing a dagger in his left hand and holding the rifle by the stock, so as to use the bayonet like a sword, he charged Aegis with the bayonet extended in front, while keeping the dagger in reserve to parry any strikes from the stun baton.

Thankfully she didn't have to wait for him to charge. This always happened in fights and she was glad that Tieren followed through with the usual pattern. Aegis readied herself and used her left baton to slam the bayonet charge out of the way. She reacted quickly. Moving onto her left leg and angling her body sideways to deliver a swift kick to his chest.

Not entirely surprised by her response--his charge was the most obvious thing--Tieren let the baton knock the rifle out of his right hand, and took the kick, using the momentum from his charge to tackle Aegis, knowing that she would be off balance from that kick. Hoping she would fall, he then followed the tackle with a swift punch, a swing from the dagger with his left hand and a more powerful, slower punch.

Aegis let herself fall to the ground, using the knowledge that an assualt would be carried out as soon as she hit the ground. Electrifying the right baton whilst she let go of the left one to catch Tieren's hand and keep it there. Using this moment she slammed the electrified baton against Tieren's forearm and tilted her fist to have the butt of the baton facing Tieren's face and slam it into the left side of his face.

Tieren was somewhat surprised that she dropped her baton, but didn't have long to ponder as she whacked her baton against his arm, then aimed it at his face. Scooping the fallen baton from the floor with his right hand, he jerked his face away from the strike, though not fast enough to avoid the entire impact, and hopped off Aegis's fallen figure, falling back to where the rifle lay.

Now he had the rifle back, plus one of Aegis's batons. He wasn't sure if he was allowed to do that, so he turned the baton on and hurled it back at her, before loading and firing another Gravity pellet. Aim was still pretty shaky.

Aegis quickly hopped back onto her fert by use of a kick up. Landing on her feet and using the baton that she had to hit it towards the ground. Not wasting time she grabbed the baton and moved forward towards Tieren in a random zigzag pattern, getting close enough to turn on both batons to their electrified state and striking his stomach with quick strikes. Giving him range wouldn't work since she needed him to be close to do anything, so she had to go against her regular style of fighting.

Finally. She was going on the offensive. Fine by Tieren, he was a front-line fighter to the core. This was what he excelled at. Parrying both strikes with the rifle, he then swung the rifle bayonet first at Aegis's shoulder, following up with the dagger still in his left hand, aiming for a diagonal slash upwards across Aegis's chest. Unfortunate that he didn't have his own weapon. If so, this would be a memorable fight.

Having both strikes blocked made Aegis go right nack to defense, her specialty which usually meant counterattacking as well. Using her forearm to push the rifle away and moving her arm downwards, exactly like if she would have done if she had her shield with her. Opening up her free hand she grabbed Tieren's wrist to halt his attack and at the same time delivering a swift yet strong uppercut right to his head.

Keeping up the pressure, Tieren dropped the rifle again--he was surprised the rifle hadn't broken yet-- and took a leaf out of Aegis's book, taking hold of her wrist and directing the uppercut harmlessly past his right shoulder. At the same time, pulling her forward, he flipped the dagger over so the point was now facing upwards, and thumbed the dust switch, having no idea what was inside. The blade spontaneously ignited, and he drove the flaming dagger toward Aegis's midriff.